File:John Russell, Earl of Bedford, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg
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Portrait of John Russell, Earl of Bedford. Black and coloured chalks on pink-primed paper, 34.9 × 29.4 cm, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Collection" class="extiw" title="w:Royal Collection">Royal Collection</a>, Windsor Castle. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_of_Bedford" class="extiw" title="w:John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford">John Russell, Ist Earl of Bedford</a> (c. 1485–1554/5), followed a military career and became Lord High Admiral from 1540 to 1542 and Lord Privy Seal in 1542. He led the suppression of the westcountry <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_Book_Rebellion" class="extiw" title="w:Prayer Book Rebellion">Prayer Book Rebellion</a> in 1549. The inscription "with one eye", added later, refers to the loss of his right eye from an arrow wound on campaign at Morlaix in 1522 (K. T. Parker, The Drawings of Hans Holbein at Windsor Castle, Oxford: Phaidon, 1945, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/822974?referer=di&ht=edition">OCLC 822974</a>, p. 55).
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| current | 22:45, 3 January 2017 | | 726 × 865 (110 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <i>Portrait of John Russell, Earl of Bedford.</i> Black and coloured chalks on pink-primed paper, <span style="white-space:nowrap">34.9 × 29.4 cm</span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Collection" class="extiw" title="w:Royal Collection">Royal Collection</a>, Windsor Castle. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_of_Bedford" class="extiw" title="w:John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford">John Russell, Ist Earl of Bedford</a> <span style="white-space:nowrap">(<i>c.</i> 1485–1554/5)</span>, followed a military career and became Lord High Admiral from 1540 to 1542 and Lord Privy Seal in 1542. He led the suppression of the westcountry <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_Book_Rebellion" class="extiw" title="w:Prayer Book Rebellion">Prayer Book Rebellion</a> in 1549. The inscription "with one eye", added later, refers to the loss of his right eye from an arrow wound on campaign at Morlaix in 1522 (K. T. Parker, <i>The Drawings of Hans Holbein at Windsor Castle,</i> Oxford: Phaidon, 1945, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/822974?referer=di&ht=edition">OCLC 822974</a>, p. 55). |
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